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Abstract Essay is a podcast that explores the deeper layers of thought, creativity, and the human experience. Blending the reflective tone of personal essays with the conversational energy of an intimate dialogue, each episode takes listeners on a journey through ideas that challenge, inspire, and illuminate. From philosophy and art to culture and identity, the podcast invites guests who are thinkers, storytellers, and visionaries to share their insights in a free-flowing, thought-provoking format. Abstract Essay is not about quick takes—it's about meaningful exploration, where each conversation unfolds with intention, curiosity, and heart.
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- Today24 min
Weird Marketing That Works: How Amber Petty Built a $900K Business Without Social Media
Amber PettyWeird Marketing Maven, Email Marketing, Ads, Non-Social Media Marketing, Anti-Perfectionism, Bringing Weird to Your Business is the Best Way to Make Money.After 13 years as a working actor in New York City, I got tired of waiting for auditions like "woman disappointed by scale" for a Weight Watchers commercial and went into freelance writing.From there, I got bylines, realized perfectionism was ruining my life, and went into a major depressive episode! All during a move to LA where I felt like a pale alien in a foreign land.From this place of low energy and big dreams, I developed systems to get work done without hating myself. Without constant inner critic attacks shutting me down.And...I kept getting work. Eventually working as a full-time copywriter for major brands and realizing that copywriting for others was not my hearts desire, but building a business of my own? Ooh!From a free workshop to out of work actors during lockdown, my current business was born. In 5 years, I've helped creatives get bylines, start businesses, and grow their audience without feeling like an influencer posing in front of their neighbors Lamborghini. As a disorganized oddball who doesn't shy away from a Simpsons or Little Mermaid reference, I've made $900K in 5 years and have an email list of 11,000.Now, I run the Weirdness Way, my 4-week marketing program that focuses on creativity first, KPIs second. It's like the Artist's Way for Marketing, but you only have to do stuff 3 times a week.And the Weird Sisterhood - a business mastermind for Weird Girls of all genders to network, connect, and grow without relying on social media. It includes a monthly virtual marketplace where Weird Sisters get a chance to sell their stuff live to an audience that loves quirky, small businesses.When I quit acting, I thought I wasted my life. That I spent years learning useless skills, destined to be broke forever.Yet every single skill from "yes and" to performing for a quiet crowd, made my business a success.There's no one way to do business. There's no one way to market. The only real rule is: it has to come from YOU. For real.So that's me! A weird girl helping overlooked geniuses translate their many skills into words that get attention.
- Today30 min
The 1% Door: Neil Solomon on Hidden Opportunities, Resilience & Building a Life Without Limits
Neil SolomonAuthor of *The 1% Door* — the hidden systems costing you the life you could be living.Neil Solomon, author of *The 1% Door*. Built and scaled real businesses, lost almost all in a full collapse, and once nearly drowned in Class IV rapids in Costa Rica. While scaling his company, he left his homeland and became a Nomad CEO. Living out of a backpack for nearly 3 years and traveling to 70 countries while running 12 operating companies with nearly 300 employes. His main idea started with the question - Why do some people walk past opportunities constantly without seeing them and others see them all the time. That question became the book. He's a fellow traveler, not a guru — but be prepared to rethink virtually everything you thought you knew
- 2 days ago27 min
From Conflict to Connection: Dan Messinger on Leadership, Trust & Executive Presence
Dan MessingerAuthentic, Deep OG Conflict Resolution Expert and Executive Presence Trainer whose Passion is to Transform Leaders, Teams, and Organizations. Worked with Google, Facebook, CAT, Sargento and others.I’m a Conflict Resolution expert and Executive Presence trainer.I’ve worked with Google, Facebook, CAT, IMAX, hp, Sargento, and so many others. I’m authentic and I run deep. I’m able to help leaders, teams, and organizations transform because I’ve spent decades transforming myself.When facilitating Conflict Resolution, I teach leaders how to bring up concerns without blame and how to listen without defensiveness. I then facilitate challenging and delicate conversations where the leaders must use these same communication tools. When people communicate without blame and defensiveness, all of the old stories and misperceptions crumble and they are left with the authentic connection and mutual trust they just created.When facilitating Executive Presence trainings, I help leaders discover their authentic self which in itself is powerful and inspirational. I do this by helping leaders become conscious of their unconscious thought and behavior patterns so that they can make conscious proactive choices about how they want to think, act, and even feel, which transforms their results and way of being. I help leaders become present by helping them become conscious within the myriad of ways we take for granted every day: how we think, how we move, how we speak, how we sit and stand. When leaders choose to become conscious in this way throughout their day, they actualize their authentic self and their true executive presence.
- 2 days ago20 min
From Corporate Finance to Entrepreneurship: Shakti Sharma on Building Wealth Differently
Shakti SharmaFounder, The Feminine Wealth Movement.Feminine Wealth Movement is where emotional intelligence meets financial power to build wealth and break limits, one business leader at a time.Shakti supports leaders ready to build wealth on their own terms. She covers money mindset, entrepreneurship, sales strategy, high ticket offers, marketing, and lifestyle design through real lived stories that inspire, equip, and get you richly paid. Join the movement!After 12 years leading strategy in financial services, management consulting, and investment banking, I walked away from corporate to build something of my own and never looked back.Within 15 months I built my first brick and mortar business to six figures. Since then I've scaled to $600K+, helped over 1,200 clients transform their relationship with their own self, marriage, partners, money and business, and watched my clients land six figure contracts they once thought were impossible for someone like them.But here's what makes me a different kind of wealth conversation: I'll be the first to tell you that making money and keeping it are two very different skills. I can help a client scale to six figures and still admit I'm working on paying myself consistently. That kind of honesty is rare and it's exactly what women need to hear.
- 3 days ago28 min
The Neuroscience of Leadership with Dr. Marcia Ruben | Rewire. Untangle. Lead.
Marcia RubenThe Untangle Doctor.Dr. Marcia Ruben is an executive coach, organizational consultant, and graduate leadership professor emerita with more than three decades of experience helping leaders cut through complexity and lead with clarity. She's the author of The Neuroscience of Leadership: Rewire. Untangle. Lead., which translates brain science into practical tools leaders can actually use — so they can stop reacting and start leading with intention.For more than three decades, I've sat across from leaders who are smart, capable, and completely overwhelmed. They're not failing because they lack skill or drive — they're stuck because their brains are running patterns that made sense once and now work against them. That's the work I've dedicated my career to: helping leaders untangle those patterns and lead from a place of clarity and confidence instead of reaction and fear.I'm an executive coach, organizational consultant, and graduate leadership professor emerita with a doctorate and a deep background as a student of social cognitive neuroscience. I was awarded two teaching awards. My new book, The Neuroscience of Leadership: Rewire. Untangle. Lead., just launched and hit number one new release on Amazon in both Business & Management and Social Science Research within days.What I bring to your listeners isn't a pep talk or a productivity hack. It's a grounded, research-informed framework that explains why capable leaders get stuck — and exactly what they can do about it. Your audience will walk away understanding their own brain a little better, and with practical tools they can use the moment they're back at their desk.If your listeners are leaders navigating complexity, uncertainty, or the kind of pressure that makes good people react badly, this conversation is for them.
- 5 days ago25 min
Putting the Human Back in AI: Practical Strategies for Overwhelmed Entrepreneurs with Bryant Oberg
Bryant ObergFounder of Human Co-Pilot, Helping Business Owners and Professionals Put the Human Back in AI.I'm Bryant Oberg, the founder of Human Co-Pilot, where I help business owners put the human back in AI. I work with entrepreneurs, executives and business professionals who feel overwhelmed by AI to help them actually utilize this technology. I live in Jerusalem with my wife and four, who range from six to four months. I gave up a position as a partner at a hedge fund to explore my dream of entrepreneurship and I found my footing in AI. Never a tech geek, I now wear the tech hat. My focus is not on hype or technical jargon, but on helping real people understand where AI fits in their business. My journey isn't smooth, nor is it wildly successful (yet), but I am one of the few people spending hours every day understanding how to practically leverage this technology for the tired professional, exhausted executive and overwhelmed entrepreneur.
- 5 days ago29 min
The Calm and Connected Parent: Ending Power Struggles Through Emotional Leadership with Todd Sarner
Todd Sarner For more than 20 years, I’ve worked with parents who love their children deeply, have read the books, tried the advice, and still find themselves stuck in daily conflict, power struggles, and self-doubt. Again and again, I saw the same pattern: good parents were being taught to manage behavior at the surface, while the real drivers of family stress were going unaddressed.As a licensed psychotherapist, parent coach, and former faculty member of the Neufeld Institute, I built my work around a different approach, one rooted in attachment, emotional regulation, and calm, connected leadership. I help parents understand what is actually happening underneath the behavior so they can stop reacting, start leading, and create lasting change in their homes.What makes me a strong podcast guest is that I bring both depth and practicality. I can speak to the psychology, the neuroscience, and the family dynamics, but I also know how to translate those ideas into language that feels accessible, compassionate, and genuinely useful to listeners. My goal is not just to sound insightful. It is to leave audiences feeling relieved, understood, and better equipped.I’m the author of The Calm & Connected Parent, which focuses on raising resilient children in the age of screens, stress, and AI. I also have a forthcoming book, The Weather Maker: A Father’s Guide to Transforming His Marriage, His Family, and Himself, scheduled for release in September 2026. Together, these books give me a timely and meaningful lens for conversations not only about parenting, but also about fathers, marriage, emotional leadership, and the deeper work of shaping a healthy family culture.If a host wants a guest who can offer substance, warmth, and actionable insight, while speaking directly to the struggles so many parents and couples quietly carry, I’m a strong fit.
- 1 weeks ago26 min
Finding Peace in the Promised Land: A Radical Moderate’s Vision with Aryeh Green
Aryeh Green A "radical moderate" author, activist, business exec, uplifting speaker - promoting peace, democracy, healing and success for over 4 decades. Latest book: 'Finding Peace in the Promised Land'Aryeh Green is the author of a new book, Finding Peace in the Promised Land, proposing a radical new approach to resolving the Arab-Israel conflict, and of My Israel Trail, about his hike on the 700-mile Israel National Trail and overcoming personal challenges. He serves as Chief Strategy Officer at Gigawatt Global, developing renewable energy projects in Africa (based in Jerusalem), and head of its US non-profit affiliate, Gigawatt Impact. Aryeh also serves on the board of Jerusalem’s Maaleh Film School, the onlyJewish film school in the world, and a number of other non-profit organizations. Aryeh has been a policy advisor to Natan Sharansky and a business executive and consultant for the past four decades, and continues to be active in promoting freedom and democracy in the Middle East. He was co-founder and director of MediaCentral, a Jerusalem-based project providing services for the foreign media in Israel, for over a decade. Aryeh was born in Washington DC, a descendent of one of the first Jewish families in North America (who arrived in 1690); he grew up in San Francisco, went to UC Berkeley, and has lived in Israel for 40 years. He holds a BA in psychology from UC Berkeley, an MA in international relationsfrom Hebrew University, and a Masters in business management from Boston University & Ben Gurion University. Aryeh was married in 2015 to Miriam, and they live in Beit Shemesh (the “House of the Rising Sun” in loose translation). Between them they have 9 children and 9 grandchildren… and when not playing with his grandchildren, aside from hiking all over Israel (or talking about it), when not promoting regional peace, renewable energy and accuracy in the media, Aryeh grows grapes and makes wine.
About Abstract Essay
Abstract Essay is a podcast that explores the deeper layers of thought, creativity, and the human experience. Blending the reflective tone of personal essays with the conversational energy of an intimate dialogue, each episode takes listeners on a journey through ideas that challenge, inspire, and illuminate. From philosophy and art to culture and identity, the podcast invites guests who are thinkers, storytellers, and visionaries to share their insights in a free-flowing, thought-provoking format. Abstract Essay is not about quick takes—it's about meaningful exploration, where each conversation unfolds with intention, curiosity, and heart.
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